Al-Ahram Weekly Online   10 - 18 January 2006
Issue No. 777
Economy
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Something old, something new
Omar El-Hitamy argues there is more to the cabinet reshuffle than new faces
Mixed reports
Across the Middle East and North Africa a quarter of the population continues to live below the poverty line though access to education and health services has improved, writes Sherine Abdel-Razek
Food for thought
At a recent meeting with members of the Chamber of Food Industries, officials from the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) sought to encourage manufacturers to make the most of existing trade agreements...
A culture of reform
Attempts to reform have been inconsistent and often contradictory across the MENA region, reports Sherine Nasr
Up and away
In a week when the bourse itself made the news, transactions bucked the usually subdued pre-holiday trading period, Sherine Abdel-Razek reports

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